Had the Hebrews not been disturbed in their progress a thousand and more years ago, they would have solved all the great problems of civilization which are being solved now under all the difficulties imposed by the spirit of the Middle Ages.

  • -- Isaac Mayer Wise 比以撒·麦耶·怀斯

如果希伯来人在一千多年前的发展过程中没有受到干扰,他们就会解决所有伟大的文明问题,而这些问题现在正在中世纪精神强加给他们的所有困难下得到解决。

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People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messed cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.

人们不希望自己的生活被改变。没有人希望自己的问题得到解决。他们的戏剧。他们的干扰。他们的故事解决。他们的脏乱打扫干净了。因为他们还剩下什么?只是一个可怕的未知。

Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.

伟大的设计师很少能成为伟大的广告人,因为他们被画面的美所征服,忘记了商品必须被销售。

Working in any country where you want to talk about the kind of issues that other people don't want to talk about is difficult.

在任何一个你想谈论别人不想谈论的问题的国家工作都是困难的。

I mean that'd be great if we could continue to be staples of alt-rock radio. I don't take that for granted.

我的意思是,如果我们能继续成为另类摇滚电台的主力,那就太好了。我不认为这是理所当然的。